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Parshas Emor 5758 - '98
Outline Vol. 2, # 28
Chodshei Hashanah Vol. 2, #18
Preparing for Torah
The upcoming festival of Shavuos (literally "weeks") is discussed in the parsha. Israel was commanded to count seven weeks -- 49 days -- from the Omer offering on the second day of Pesach. The counting is called Sefiras Ha'omer. Following the seven weeks would be the holiday of "weeks." By tradition we know that the Torah was given on Mount Sinai at the time of the Shavuos festival. The counting of the Omer is thus given the significance of preparation: the people anxiously counted the time from their departure from Egypt (Pesach) until the reception of the Torah.
Mourning During Sefiras Ha'omer
The custom that laws of mourning surround the Omer period, derives from a later age: The students of Rabbi Akiva died during this time of year. From Ramban's commentary to the Torah, it appears that the Omer period was to have been a time of rejoicing. Is there any link in the Torah readings of this period to some kind of mourning?
Perhaps the story of the death of Aharon's older sons, reminds us of the customs of mourning during the Omer period. In Parshas Shmini -- where their death is recorded, several laws of mourning are derived: the duty of the mourner to tear the garment (kriah), and the laws of Onain (the initial mourning, before the interment takes place).
In a year like the current one, the story of the death of Aharon's sons is related and reiterated during the Omer period. During certain years, the Omer period begins later; nonetheless, Parshas Acharei occurs during, or immediately preceding the Omer period. It concerns the ramifications of the death of Aharon's sons. Parshas Emor always occurs during the counting of the Omer. Parshas Emor describes the counting of the Omer itself -- and it begins with the laws of Kohanim and mourning! What is the significance of the death of the Kohanim, Nadav and Avihu? What relationship does their story have to this period in the calendar?
The Anshei K'neses Hagedola (Men of the Great Assembly)
Pirke Avos is read this time of year. The first Mishnah states in the name of the Men of the Great Assembly: "Be slow in judgment, raise many students, make a fence for the Torah."
Immediately preceding Shavuos, we read about the sons of Aharon: "They died... they did not have sons..." (Bamidbar [Numbers] 3:4) Chasom Sofer notes the statement of the Talmud that the "sons" refers to the students. Because Nadav and Avihu were quick to make a judgment, they died without sons -- the students. The difference is dramatic. Raising students is reaching out beyond the self, linking to society.
Parshas Acharei states: "These are the laws that man must fulfill and live by..." (Vayikra [Leviticus] 18:5) The Talmud says, "What should a person do to live? Die. What should a person do to die? Live." The meaning is that, should a person live and die in the proper manner, he will continue living. Should a person live and die improperly, he will simply die. Aharon's sons were great men; yet the Torah stresses that they died. They died, and left nothing to show for their lives. They rushed ahead quickly, pushing for levels that were not suited for them, did not raise sons or students, and perished without leaving a legacy.
The main service is for the public. Reach out through students! Nadav and Avihu did not have the chance to help anyone, because they died without children, without students.
Anshei K'neses Hagedola (Men of the Great Assembly), were the prophets and sages who fixed our services, and established many of the basic laws we have today. Nonetheless, only three moral exhortations are said in their name. Be slow, raise many students, make fences. Nadav and Avihu raced into something, and, as a result, could not have students. Therefore, the Anshei K'neses Hagedola warned us: Be slow -- think of the consequences -- and raise many students. Make fences, too. Pious people think that "fences" are protective measures to guard religiosity. If you are tempted to break a certain law -- make a protective measure. Well, that's fine. But there are other areas that require fences too. Take protective measures to prevent injustices to other people. Don't always think about yourself!
"These are the laws that man must fulfill and live by..." The end result must be life and continuity. (Toras Moshe, Acharei, and Pituchei Chosam)
Nursing the Calf
"More than the calf wants to suck, the cow wants to give milk." This expression is used in the Talmud in order to indicate how deeply the Rabbis desire to spread Torah.
Rav Simchah Wasserman said that this statement is misunderstood, in the following manner. The cow wants to give milk, because not giving milk causes pain. If this was the truth, the milking would be, essentially, the removal of a destructive element. The Rabbi, too, wants to provide instruction, because if not, he too would be in pain. Such a teaching would also be merely the removal of a destructive element.
This is not the real meaning here. The cow wants to give milk, because it wants to nurture its calf. More than the calf wants to be nurtured, the cow wants to bring up its young. The Rabbi, too, wants to give Torah, because he desires to help his students. The Rabbi wants the students to grow more than the students themselves desire to grow . (Greatness in Our Midst, by David Fox)
Rebbi Chiya
Many of us are familiar with the story of Rebbi Chiya. The generation was on the verge of forgetting the Torah. Rebbi Chanina said that through his pilpul -- talmudic argumentation -- the Torah would be restored to its former glory among the Jewish People. Rebbe Chiya said that he would do it his way. He went to plant flax. When the flax was ready, he made traps and caught animals. He gave the meat to orphans, and prepared parchment. Upon the parchment he wrote the five chumashim (books of the Torah) and six Sidrei Mishnah. He went off to a distant area, found small boys and taught each one a different book, until they could each teach one another.
The Alter of Novardock pointed out that we cannot comprehend Rebbi Chiya's actions; why was it necessary to do all these endeavors on his own, without purchasing any ingredients? This much is certain, though -- Rebbi Chiya held that all this was necessary, and he did not flinch from fulfilling his responsibilities in this regard.
Don't forget, this is Rebbi Chiya the Tana, the foundation of Talmud, the author of the Braisos (extraneous Mishnayos). He gave everything to the children -- so that Torah not be forgotten from the Jewish People.
Rebbi Yehuda Hanasi, author of the Mishnah, used to say: "How great are the deeds of Rebbe Chiya!" (Madregas Ha'adom, M'zake Harabim)
Lag B'omer -- the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer -- occurred this week. Last year, we quoted the Bnei Yisaschar's words that the 33rd day is a turning point. Pirke Avos relates that the best characteristic is "Leiv Tov" -- a good heart. (Chapter 2, Mishnah 9) "Leiv" -- heart -- has the numeric value of 32, "Tov" -- good -- has the value of 17. There are 32 days before Lag B'omer, and 17 days following. The indication is that we have acquired "heart" during the first 32 days, and the remaining days until Shavuos shall be "good" ones: the final days of preparation for receiving the Torah.
If the period of the Sefiras Ha'omer is mournful, because the students died -- we recall the demise of other great men, and the break in continuity. Lag B'omer reminds us that the main focus -- with "Leiv Tov," good heart -- must be outward. We should not merely focus on ourselves, but each must strive, in his own way, to extend Torah to the community at large.
Rabbi Yaakov Bernstein
Kollel of Kiryas Radin
11 Kiryas Radin
Spring Valley, NY 10977
Phone: (914) 362-5156
E-mail: [email protected]
Good Shabbos!
Text Copyright © '98 Rabbi Yaakov Bernstein and Project Genesis, Inc.
Copyright © '98 Project Genesis, Inc.


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It looks like Angela is interested in trying out the AbuseFilter extension on a few wiki here on Wikia. So we're probably going to be trying out the extension here on the Narutopedia.
For a quick overview AbuseFilter is an extension which can apply "rules" to edits. It works using filters on things like text matches on the text that was added, if the page is a new page, how much the user has edited, the article's contributors, what action they tried to do, etc... and it allows automatic actions to be taken such as posting a warning up that they need to confirm, throttling what they are doing, rejecting that edit, blocking them, revoking autoconfirmed status or permissions flags, or flagging their edit so it shows up in various pages like the recent changes with a big marker on it.
For example, on Wikipedia they applied a filter that put up a notice that required confirmation whenever a user
a user tried to blank a page explaining why it's a bad edit, and what the user could try doing instead of blanking the page. A large number of those attempted page blanking edits actually became constructive edits to the wiki instead of page blanking. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Jun 30, 2009 @ 05:01 (UTC)
I'm open to suggestions on things we can put filters on. Right now I'm thinking of notices on things like:
- Page blanking
- Adding romaji like Pein, Kyubi, etc... to a page
- Using incorrect romaji like Hyuuga, etc...
- Bad MoS links like [[chidori|chidori]]
- Some of the types of link bypassing like [[Sasuke Uchiha|Sasuke]]
- One or two line articles that are not redirects
- Creation of a User: page from a user who doesn't have many edits
- A helpful hint for users adding
| image name = [[with File: or Image: tags that the parameter is meant to be a simple image name, not a image tag.
- How about anonymous users making edits like "eeeeeeeeeeeee or fsdfsfsf" u get the pic...cause i've noticed thats very common in vandalisin....or is that filter a bit hard to put up? ..-- AlienGamer--Talk-- 05:26, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Not as a generic. However, if you see any common patterns in garbage that anons add to pages regular expressions can be used to match stuff like it and filter out those edits. For example, if you specifically saw a lot of "eeeeeeeee" edits, I could do something like 'new_wikitext rlike "e{5,}"' which would filter the edit if the new wikitext being saved contained 5 or more consecutive "e"s in it. I think I can also do specifics for anons vs. editors. So for something harsh I could completely reject anon edits that look like bad edits and tell them "If you are trying to make a legitimate edit please sign up for a quick account and try the edit again". ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Jun 30, 2009 @ 05:38 (UTC)
- Awesome...And another idea..how about anonymous users removing large sections frm pages....they sometimes dont go to the extent of blankin the article, but will remove sections of that article..-- AlienGamer--Talk-- 06:04, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Is writing headlines with "filler arc" included? Jacce | Talk 12:13, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Ok, we could flag those to see if it would be a good one to put up messages for. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Jun 30, 2009 @ 16:52 (UTC)
- I'm open to suggestions on things we can put filters on. Right now I'm thinking of notices on things like:
- Page blanking
- Adding romaji like Pein, Kyubi, etc... to a page
Less obvious. In places where the romaji makes sense, like in a translation template, this could cause problems.
- Using incorrect romaji like Hyuuga, etc...
Similar to the above. Though I understand this here is less of an issue.
- Bad MoS links like [[chidori|chidori]]
- I'm not sure about this one. Is the problem that they made a a <nonwiki>Link</nonwiki> with the | in it?
- Some of the types of link bypassing like [[Sasuke Uchiha|Sasuke]]
- This I disagree with. Cause in some places it is easier to link without going into unneeded words. For example "blah blah blah Naruto blah blah blah" to avoid redirects.
- One or two line articles that are not redirects
- Redirects to what?
- Creation of a User: page from a user who doesn't have many edits
- Agreed"
The Bolded sections are my comments.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 12:44, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
- Translation templates shouldn't be much of an issue. Right now I'm only thinking of a few specific ones like "Pein" and "Ky(uu|u|ū)bi". AbuseFilter is very powerful for matching, I can specifically target new text (so editing a page with Pein already on it won't trigger it, but editing a line with it on it will), I can add ands and nots to filters to attempt to avoid matches inside of translation templates. At the most extreme I can just have it ignore these edits on the only page that the romaji should be used in a translation template. Then at the lest we only have to pay attention to bad edits on a single page.
- Also note that AbuseFilter isn't like SpamRegex, normally at the most filters will be used to log matches, flag edits that look bad, and at the most harsh give a big message to the user why the edit looks bad and force them to confirm they actually want to bypass the filter and save the page (so it's always possible to save despite AbuseFilter catching the edit). The real power of AbuseFilter is to catch patterns that look like common mistakes and without us needing to catch it tell them up front "This looks like a common bad edit, this is why, perhaps you should try this instead? If you have a good reason otherwise feel free to ignore this and continue." it turns a lot of bad edits by people that just don't know the policies into good edits and educates them on the policies a bit.
- For the bad romaji, I have seen those kind of edits in the past. The nice part here is that we can make AbuseFilter highlight edits that seam to have bad romaji, then all of a sudden we no longer need to pay attention for them, AbuseFilter will kindly shove in the rc "Oi, this edit looks like it has bad romaji in it" so we don't have to look through actual edits watching for it.
- See the MoS about the links. [[chidori|chidori]] is bad use of the display text, there is absolutely no reason why someone should be putting this in a page, [[chidori]] is correct. The other one isn't about [[links|using displaytext]]. It's about links like [[Sasuke Uchiha|Sasuke]] where editors deliberately over-complicate the text instead of using [[Sasuke]] just to avoid the redirect from Sasuke -> Sasuke Uchiha. There's no good reason for it, redirects exist for a reason, so we can use simple links.
- "One or two line articles that are not redirects" I mean catch new articles that are created with only a line or two of stuff. We get a few of these, they are basically articles that aren't even stubs and just state obvious information, the articles would be better off as redlinks because there is no information inside the newly created page and it gives the illusion that we actually have content on that topic to someone who would otherwise see a redlink and think "Hmm, maybe I'll write this article?" the idea is to bring up a message telling them what's wrong with small articles, and at the least suggesting that they self tag the page with a {{Stub}} tag. I just made the note about redirects because a #REDIRECT is a one line article that would be caught by that kind of filter, I just have to add a not to avoid matching redirects with that filter.
- ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Jun 30, 2009 @ 16:49 (UTC)
Thanks for all the comments. I've turned it on. There are currently no filters, so it won't do anything until the admins add some here. Please be careful with it as it does have the potential to slow things down if the filters added are too slow. You can test them first and check how long they take. Anyone can view the log here.
There isn't any documentation of this on Wikia yet, but you can find some instructions, information, and formatting help on Wikipedia and mediawiki.org. You can also export filters from Wikipedia.
This is just a trial here and on Wookieepedia so it might not remain enabled indefinitely. Please post here with any feedback you have about it, and any adjustments you think would need to be made before a wider launch of the tool across Wikia. Thanks, Angela (talk) 05:29, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
- I've seen some warning templates been made...does this mean its finally working? ..--AlienGamer--Talk (contribs)-- 02:00, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
- We were upgraded to MW 1.15 earlier today. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Sep 1, 2009 @ 07:31 (UTC)

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Black&White 2: Battle of the Gods expansion tilkynnt og B&W2 Demo komið!
Battle of the Gods :
Meira um þetta expansion hér
Og þið getið náð í demoið af Bw2 hér.
Battle of the Gods :
About Black&White 2: Battle of the Gods
Lionhead Studios is delighted to announce that work is now underway on Battle of The Gods an expansion disk for Black & White 2 which will be published by Electronic Arts.
The war between the Aztecs and the allies was over. The Aztecs, crazed with dreams of ruling the planet, had come up against the steely resolve of the stronger, cleverer Greeks. And, most importantly of all, they'd come up against the Greek god.
The graves of the Aztec army covered the lands, but one band of survivors would not accept the defeat, the death of their nation. Over many months they built Totems. Shrines to the thousands of slain Aztec warriors. Then, slowly, they started pulling the bodies from the ground. They dragged them to the Totems and sacrificed them, chanting mindlessly to the skies. For a long time nothing happened. The survivors dug and pulled and dragged and hundreds of bodies went into the Totems. Yet nothing happened. As every believer knows, sacrifices must be living to bring forth a response.
Then the incredible happened. As more bodies piled into the Totems, without warning the sky split with a flash. The accumulated dead had been enough and a god had been summoned. Born of an army of the slain, this was no ordinary god. This was a god never seen before. For the first time in this world there was a god of the Undead. And the ground began to shake. This Aztec deity was raising an entire corpse army. Death was coming to the world on a massive scale.
You've conquered Eden and its tribes but in Battle of The Gods you return to Eden to find an even more powerful foe – a rival god who is determined to convert your subjects and become the ruler of Eden .
Battle of The Gods will features a brand new creature, two new lands and four new miracles . There will also be six new challenges and other new content.
Now it's god versus god and only one can reign supreme.
Battle of The Gods, the expansion disk for Black & White 2 is being developed by Lionhead Studios and will be published early Spring. Exact release date and price details will be announced later.
Meira um þetta expansion hér
Og þið getið náð í demoið af Bw2 hér.


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|Article Index
|UNRIC Library Newsletter - January 2010
|New information material
|New titles
|All Pages
News Focus: Haiti earthquake
English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=91&Body=Haiti&Body1=
French: http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/infocusRelF.asp?infocusID=50&Body=Ha%EFti&Body1=
Spanish: http://www.un.org/spanish/News/focus_ht.asp?cr=haiti
Background resources on Haiti
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has developed a new page with links to information on Haiti. For many years, the UN system has produced reports, statistics and other resources about Haiti. This page provides access to many of these resources in English and French.
Economic and Social Council – redesigned website
English: http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/
French: http://www.un.org/fr/ecosoc/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/ecosoc/
International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (A/RES/64/134)
(commencing on 12 August 2010)
The December issue of UN Youth Flash focuses on the International Year of Youth, the World Programme of Action for Youth, news from United Nations offices, publications, upcoming events and contributions from youth organizations around the world: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/yfv6n12.htm
ST/ADM/SER.B/789 (24 December 2009)
English, French & Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=ST/ADM/SER.B/789
In this document you can find the contributions of each member state to the United Nations regular budget for the year 2010.
Year in Review 2009
English: http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/aboutun/yearreview/2009/
In 2009, Arctic ice was melting faster than ever before. Amid many other crises – food, energy, recession and pandemic flu – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the world to take on these challenges together. This video highlights key events from 2009 - and how the United Nations and the international community took action.
"Copenhagen Accord" (advance unedited version)
The accord recognizes the need to limit the increase in global temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius.
Case for Climate Neutrality: Case studies on moving towards a low carbon economy (UNEP)
The publication draws upon the experiences of nearly 200 participants of the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), 10 case studies led by the UNEP, that are moving towards low-carbon economies and societies.
Population Dynamics and Climate Change (UNFPA / IIED)
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has issued a report on population dynamics and climate change. The report broadens and deepens understanding of a wide range of population-climate change linkages. Incorporating population dynamics into research, policymaking and advocacy around climate change is critical for understanding the trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions, for developing and implementing adaptation plans and thus for global and national efforts to curtail this threat.
Afghanistan Opium Survey 2009 (UNODC)
The potential gross export value of Afghanistan's opiates is down 18 per cent, from US$ 3.4 billion in 2008 to US$ 2.8 billion in 2009. The decline can be attributed to less cultivation, lower production, lower prices and relatively higher GDP.
DESA Capacity Development Office – new website
The Capacity Development Office has launched a new website to inform about the role and approach of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) to capacity development and how the office supports the USG and divisions of DESA in the formulation and implementation of the Department's capacity development approach and promotes coherence and integrated delivery of the Department's operational activities.
Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009: Who Answers to Women? Gender and Accountability (UNIFEM)
English, French, Spanish & Portuguese: http://www.unifem.org/progress/2008/
This new report - released by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) - reveals that much stronger accountability mechanisms for tracking progress on gender equality are needed in order to meet national and international commitments to women's rights. Accountability to women begins with increasing the number of women in decision-making positions, but it cannot stop there.
State of the World's Indigenous People
The United Nations has launched its first publication on the State of the World's Indigenous People. The report notes that the world's 370 million indigenous peoples suffer from disproportionately, often exponentially, higher rates of poverty, health problems, crime and human rights abuses; stressing that self-determination and land rights are vital for their survival. Startling figures contained in report include:
United Nations-Business Partnership Gateway
This new gateway will allow companies willing to contribute to the United Nations to browse through a catalogue of humanitarian needs (including relief-for-Haiti appeals) and partnership opportunities, or simply to submit ideas for collaboration. Based on shared interests, the site flags potential matches to be connected directly. At the same time, business.un.org offers United Nations agencies interested in private-sector support the opportunity to identify and describe needs and preferences, covering nearly all operations of the Organization, from humanitarian relief to poverty reduction and HIV/AIDS prevention.
United Nations Reports on Social Development
United Nations Resolutions on Social Development
New webpage developed by DESA's Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD/DESA) that includes all the Reports of the Secretary-General and the Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and ECOSOC on Social Development.
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2010 (UNCTAD)
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has issued an advance copy of The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2010 (Global Outlook Report). This report is a joint product of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the five United Nations regional commissions (Economic Commission for Africa, (UNECA), Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The report provides an analysis of the past year economic situation and prospects for the future.
Politically Speaking: Winter 2009-2010 issue (DPA)
Archive: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/archive.html
The latest issue includes interviews with UN envoys in the field, a two-year progress report from the USG for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe, reviews a major 2009 report of the Secretary-General on enhancing UN capacity for conflict mediation, described the prevention of conflict between the West African nations of Ghana and the Gambia.
Security Council Concept Paper: Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security (S/2010/9)
English, French & Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=S/2010/9
The President of the Security Council for January 2010, China, has issued a concept paper for the Security Council debate on Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security, held on 13 January 2010.
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Background Note: 30 November 2009 (DPI/1634/Rev.103, December 2009)
English: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/bnote.htm
French: http://www.un.org/french/peace/peace/bnote.htm
United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions - Background Note: 30 November 2009 (DPI/2166/Rev.78, December 2009)
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Notes from the 2014 DOE Challenge Home Student Design Competition
I recently had the privilege of attending the inaugural U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Challenge Home Student Design Competition, held at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden, CO April 26-29. Twenty-eight teams from universities across the US and Canada competed for awards in categories such as Best Design Solution, Best Technical Integration, and Best Presentation, as well as for the Grand Award for best overall project.
The initial plan was to hold this competition every other year, but interest was so strong for the competition (more than 300 participants!) that organizers have decided to make it an annual event. Building science experts from across the DOE Building America teams and national labs served as jurors tasked with evaluating the students' designs. Their difficult task was to determine which of the impressive designs was worthy of an award.
The teams' instructions were to design a cost-effective, low-energy home that, with the addition of a modest PV array, could readily become a zero net-energy home. This proposed "zero energy ready" home should be constructible with mostly off-the-shelf parts and the design should be able to be adapted to multiple climate zones.
You can view a list of all the winners on the DOE website here.
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Beijing Drug Admin, Zimmer sign musculoskeletal MoU
Zimmer and Beijing Drug Administration (BJDA) sign MoU to jointly deliver musculoskeletal health training
Singapore: Zimmer Holdings, a global leader in musculoskeletal health, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), with the Beijing Drug Administration (BJDA) to jointly hold training sessions at Montagne, Zimmer's wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary.
The trainings will be dedicated to the mutual sharing of knowledge and expertise in R&D, quality and regulation related to musculoskeletal health. The partnership aims to allow BJDA to gain industry knowledge and to understand Zimmer and its products through dialogues and trainings undertaken by its State Inspectors.
The goal of the agreement also includes strengthening production and inspection expertise at Chinese medical device companies to ensure the delivery of safe and quality orthopaedic medical devices.
Ms Lu Aili, deputy director general, Beijing Drug Administration, said that, "The trainings provide a platform by which both sides will be able to gain from each other's strengths related to medical devices, especially in the area of orthopaedic reconstructive. Overall, BJDA is committed to working with all our partners and industry stakeholders to achieve the goals set forth in the 12th five-year-plan of upgrading the healthcare industry and ensuring citizens' health and quality of life."
According to recently released statistics by the China National Committee on Aging, the number of Chinese senior citizens is expected to increase from the current 185 million to 487 million, or 35 percent of the population, by 2053. This joint effort by Zimmer and the BJDA to hold training sessions lays the groundwork for additional opportunities to share knowledge in the near future.


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text: Reorienting the narrative of digital media studies to incorporate the medieval, Participatory reading in late-medieval England traces affinities between digital and medieval media to explore how participation defined reading practices and shaped relations between writers and readers in England's literary culture from the late-fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries. Traditionally, print operates as the comparative touchstone of both medieval and digital media, but Participatory reading argues that the latter share more in common with each other than either does with print. Working on the borders of digital humanities, medieval cultural studies, and the history of the book, Participatory reading draws on well-known and little-studied works ranging from Chaucer to banqueting poems and wall-texts to demonstrate how medieval writers and readers engaged with practices familiar in digital media today, from crowd-sourced editing to nonlinear apprehension to mobility, temporality, and forensic materiality illuminate. Writers turned to these practices in order to both elicit and control readers' engagement with their works in ways that would benefit the writers' reputations along with the transmission and interpretation of their texts, while readers pursued their own agendas—which could conflict with or set aside writers' attempts to frame readers' work. The interactions that gather around participatory reading practices reflect concerns about authority, literacy, and media formats, before and after the introduction of print. Participatory reading is of interest to students and scholars of medieval literature, book, and reading history, in addition to those interested in the long history of media studies.


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Antibodies help protect monkeys from HIV-like virus, scientists show
Using a monkey model of AIDS, scientists have identified a vaccine-generated immune-system response that correlates with protection against infection by the monkey version of HIV, called simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). The researchers found that neutralizing antibodies generated by immunization were associated with protection against SIV infection. This finding marks an important step toward understanding how an effective HIV vaccine could work, according to scientists who led the study at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Scientists administered the SIV vaccine to half of the 129 monkeys in this study and a placebo vaccine to the other half. The scientists then gave each monkey up to 12 doses of one of two forms of SIV through rectal injection to simulate sexual exposure to the virus. The vaccine regimen did not protect the monkeys that received one form of SIV, but it reduced the rate of infection by 50 percent in the monkeys that received the other form of the virus.
To learn how the vaccine worked, the study team examined a variety of immune responses and certain genetic factors in the monkeys that the vaccine protected. The scientists found that SIV neutralizing antibodies and the activation of white blood cells known as helper CD4+ T cells correlated with the protective effect. Also, monkeys that expressed two copies of a gene known to help limit SIV replication were better protected by the vaccine than monkeys that did not, demonstrating that genetic factors can contribute to protection.
This study provides evidence that neutralizing antibodies are an important part of the immune response needed to prevent HIV infection. The ability of the vaccine regimen to protect monkeys from SIV infection is comparable to the results seen in the RV144 trial with 16,000 adult volunteers in Thailand; RV144 was the first HIV vaccine study to demonstrate a modest protective effect, reducing the rate of HIV infection by 31 percent. The new research also provides an animal model to better understand the immune basis for vaccine protection against lentiviruses, a subclass of viruses that includes HIV and SIV. This knowledge will help guide strategies for the future development of AIDS vaccines.
The SIV vaccine regimen used in this study was similar to an HIV vaccine regimen currently being tested in humans in the NIAID-funded clinical trial known as HVTN 505. Both vaccine regimens consist of priming with a vaccine made from DNA that encodes immunodeficiency virus proteins, followed by boosting with an inactivated cold virus (adenovirus) that contains immunodeficiency virus proteins.
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Burn them tires and turn left
NASCAR is not a sport
Started by stubnation, Feb 27 2013 12:32 PM
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Posted 27 February 2013 - 12:32 PM
Posted 27 February 2013 - 01:22 PM
He must have been very talented to sit on his ass to drive in a oval for 5 hours
Posted 27 February 2013 - 01:36 PM
Impressive. Are u training to take his place? I hear from South Park u need to be very poor and stupid to be in NASCAR
Posted 31 March 2013 - 11:49 AM
Sorry....not a sport
Posted 14 September 2013 - 08:56 PM
Same goes for WWF!!!!!!
Posted 07 March 2014 - 05:09 PM
You people clearly have never went, or know anything about cars. Saying all you do is turn left is the same as saying all you do in basketball is run back in forth. Who wants to watch someone run back and forth?
Posted 12 November 2014 - 11:16 AM
NASCAR is for rednecks only.....not a sport! Also gives corporate America a place to market cigarettes, booze, and lottery to their top target audience......hillbillies! These guys are not athletes......ridiculous to say they are. 3 hours of your life you'll never get back.....watching a stock car race. Also, have you ever listened to some of these announcers?? Most of these guys are complete hayseeds....can barely speak English.
Posted 10 January 2015 - 11:47 PM
I've seen some basketball recently that didn't resemble a sport either........who cares. Watch what entertains you and ignore events that don't. By the way, the off the track NASCAR conflicts have made me more interested in that "NON SPORT". LJ
By the way, hayseeds seem to be some of the nicest guys around.....buy them a drink anytime. THE PROPHET HAS SPOKEN.
By the way, hayseeds seem to be some of the nicest guys around.....buy them a drink anytime. THE PROPHET HAS SPOKEN.
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"I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong"
Posted 21 February 2015 - 07:21 PM
Could go either way
Posted 10 May 2015 - 09:53 PM
For those who have never seen a NASCAR race I would recommend getting a cooler of beer and a lawn chair then park it on I-75 and watch the cars go by. For those who are NASCAR fans.......... I would recommend the same thing. Just say'n.
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Messier 1 (M1), also known as the Crab Nebula, Taurus A, or NGC 1952, is an expanding supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula. Messier 1 is located in the northern constellation Taurus, the Bull. It has an apparent magnitude of 8.4 and can be seen with binoculars in good viewing conditions. The Crab Nebula is … [Read more…]


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We are now in the last lap of the slimefest our elections have become, and as the stench becomes more nauseating, so does the squealing about how nasty it has all gotten. But if we really find mud-slinging so odious, why is it so effective? Our phony revulsion shows not how enlightened and "fair" we are, but how hypocritical. Except for you, of course. And me.
Accepting that other Coloradans secretly crave watching politicians they oppose being dragged through the mud, we have no choice but to endure the next five weeks of execrable ads, innuendo, outright lies and defamations. And since these things tend to pounce without warning out of the usual offerings of cars, food, clothes, financial services and barratry, there's no escape. But some use might be salvaged from the moral wreckage of mediated slander: if we apply some guidelines, mud-slinging might provide helpful hints about who should get the nod come Nov. 6.
One should note that the following applies not only to the ads endorsed by the candidates, but to the "informational" ads spewed by partisans of all stripes. "Candidate X will sneak into your house while you are sleeping and murder you in your beds" is not really information. So.
1. If anyone features the word "extreme" in an ad, vote for the person being attacked. The term is a bogeyman, and since it depends on definition it is useless as a guide. To a leftist like Barney Frank, Bill Clinton's an "extremist."
If more than one candidate uses the term, count the number of times the word is used, and vote for the person who uses it less. If the count is even, a pox on both their houses.
2. If anyone is accused of tying Granny to a wheelchair and pushing her over a cliff, vote for that candidate right away. His or her opponent is using irrational fear to motivate: an illegitimate tactic of argument, which must be torn out root and branch.
This tactic often takes the form of a statement like "Candidate Y will end Medicare as we know it." Which indicates that the sponsor is either too stupid to draw breath, or thinks the audience is – probably the latter. No matter which candidate wins, Medicare, and probably the rest of Social Security, will have to change to avoid a complete financial collapse. Both Barack Obama and Paul Ryan agree on this. But only one of them has budgeted a transfer of money out of the system, and it ain't Paul Ryan.
3. If a candidate is accused of "trying to end abortion" or "ending a woman's access to birth control," vote for that person. This is another example of using irrational fear and calculating that the audience is too dull to understand they are being manipulated. "Roe v. Wade" is the law of the land, so unless and until the Supreme Court reverses itself, abortion will be legal regardless of anyone's attitude about its moral freight. And there is a significant difference between "ending a woman's access to birth control" and ending the requirement that others – some of whom may have profound religious objections – buy it for her.
An aside, which may cast light into this murk: if abortion is such a public good, why are there no advertisements for it? In an age when even personal injury and liability lawyers fill the airwaves with solicitations for business from those with potential or even imagined grievances, why are there no "our abortionists are standing by" spots? Might it be that, legal though it may be, most of us realize that this is an issue fraught with moral questions? And if that is the case, what does it say when a candidate tries to make abortion the lynchpin of the campaign?
4. If a candidate is accused of something that looks illegal, be deeply suspicious of the claim and skeptical about the accusing politician. Look carefully at timing and remember: there is a difference between breaking the law and acting unethically. Most "Washington Insiders" know the difference and prefer the latter to the former.
5. If a candidate is accused of "destroying American jobs" or something equally odious, like owning a skunk, check the opponent's record. Remember, misdirection and projection are traditional tools of both the magician and the failed politician.
More generally, useful sources for statistical information in this mad season include the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. The first is: http://www.bls.gov; employment stats are at http://www.bls.gov/ces. The second is: http://www.census.gov. Check the raw data, not the bulletins; there's less manipulation that way.
So have strength friends, and remember: if it's too much, just turn it off. Really.
Summit County resident Morgan Liddick pens a Tuesday column. Email him at email@example.com.
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|Vilassar castle in the early 1900s from an old postcard.
Those who indulge in absentminded daydreaming are sometimes accused of dreaming of castles in Spain. I do not know why daydreamers would favour Spanish castles over, say, Scottish castles. Of course the weather is better in Spain. Perhaps it is a matter of numbers and the expression arose because there are so many castles in Spain and thus there are more of them to dream about. When we had the opportunity to move to Spain a few years ago I certainly was not thinking, or dreaming, of castles but perhaps my wife was. I should ask her if she was absentmindedly daydreaming. In any case it was by chance that we found ourselves in Vilassar de Dalt living next door to one of the oldest and best preserved castles in Catalonia or Spain for that matter.
Vilassar de Dalt is a small town tucked into a fold of the Serrelada Litoral, a low range of mountains stretching northeast along the Catalan coast from Barcelona. Until I had the offer of a job in the town I had never heard of it. When we left for Spain we still knew very little about the town. Would Vilassar be a friendly town? Would we like living there? Could we find a place to live?
Arriving at Barcelona's airport on a day in September, tired from the overnight flight, we were overwhelmed by the Mediterranean heat and light. As the taxi drove us from the airport through Barcelona and past the sprawling harbour we wondered just where we would end up. Once on the other side of Barcelona the highway cuts across Badalona, Catalonia's third city in terms of population but perhaps its most dismal example of urban planning. The apartment towers, decorated with drying laundry, crowding the highway filled each of us with dread. What if we ended up living in one of those places? We were all relieved to leave Badalona behind. Eventually the taxi left the highway and started climbing the lower slopes of the Serralada. Vilassar turned out to be a surprise, a pleasant surprise.
The oldest part of Vilassar is characterised by narrow and steep streets. The centre of the town is the Placa de la Adjuntament, three kilometres from the sea, where the town hall and the church face each other. The old town coincides with the abrupt change in slope between the coastal plain and the steeper flanks of the mountain itself. Vilassar is separated from the sea by the highway, a strip of agricultural land and along the coast a strip of urbanization that runs continuously from Barcelona to Mataro.
Our arrival was a few days before Catalonia's national holiday and so after I had presented myself at my new employer's premises we had a four-day long weekend to settle in. We found a room at a local pension in the old part of town, basic but comfortable and clean. The following day we set out to explore the town with the objective of finding an apartment as quickly as possible.
At the first real estate office we asked, the agent was not encouraging; she had no rentals but suggested we try another agent. Although it was only ten o´clock in the morning it was already hot and as the four of us trudged up the steep streets of Vilassar we wondered at our prospects. The office of the second estate agent was just uphill from the church. A young man of about thirty let us in and we presented our case. We had just arrived in Spain, I had a job in Vilassar and we needed, we wanted an apartment in town, preferably in the old part. Our hopes lowered when Jordi, the young man, warned us that there were normally few rentals in the centre of Vilassar but that he had one listing.
The apartment was not more than fifty steps from Jordi's office up a side street. The three-bedroom apartment was on the third floor. Despite Jordi's warning it was a comfortable apartment. What sold me was the view of the Mediterranean from the living room window. There was a balcony that ran the width of the living room and the adjacent bedroom. The other two bedrooms and the kitchen faced a sort of courtyard at the rear that was shared with several other buildings. And, the apartment had access to the terrace on the next floor up. The view from the terrace was even better. One could look out over the roofs of the lower town and in the distance take in a wide sweep of the sea. Close by in the foreground stood the bell tower and steeple of the church. The view was framed on either side by outlying ridges of the Serralada.
The view in the opposite direction from the sea was not as interesting. Standing over the various bits of the nearest buildings was a quartet of disused water tanks and beyond a line of cypress trees. The closely spaced trees effectively blocked the view toward the mountain. I asked Jordi what was behind the trees. He reacted as if I should know. "It's the castle of the Marques," Jordi said. My surprise was complete. "A castle, really?" That settled it; we took take the apartment and we had not even seen the castle.
Vilassar castle origins are obscure but already in the 10th century a cylindrical watch tower and some adjacent structures coinciding with the present building were in place. Judging from the location of the castle, on a sort of ridge between two intermittent watercourses, there were likely previous structures, perhaps a Visigoth castle or a Roman villa, on the same site as the castle. Late in the 13th century a square tower was added. It was about this time when the function of Vilassar castle changed from that of a fortress to a palace.
The castle was originally in the hands of the Sant Vincenc family, lords of Burriac the fuedal masters of this area of the Maresme. Vilassar castle and Burriac castle in nearby Cabera de Mar were both held by the Sant Vincenc family. Burriac castle is now a picturesque ruin. The death of Berenguer de Sant Vincenc in 1352 without an heir led to the sale of the castle to Pere des Bosc family. In the 15th century the castle passed into hands of the crown even though the des Bosc family continued to live there until the 18th century when the family seems to disappear. In 1704 Vilassar castle passed to marques de Moia de la Torre family.
The castle acquired, more or less, its present appearance during the 14th and 15th centuries under the des Boscs. The appearance of Vilassar castle, more palace than fortress, saved it from destruction during the reign of Philip V. Since the 19th century the castle has been the property of the Marques de Santa Maria Barbera i la Maresana. In the 1930s Vilassar castle was designated a national monument and the current Marques continues to receive public funds to maintain it. The castle is more than an architectural treasure as it also houses valuable archives. The archives consist of manuscript collections of several aristocratic Catalan and Spanish families. Some of the documents date from the 11th century according to a group of conservators from the University of Texas. Some of the archives relate to the Catalan mystic, writer and thinker Ramon Llull.
Despite the significance of the castle and its archives and the public funds that maintain both, the castle remains the private residence of the Marques and his family. This situation does not please the locals, few of whom have ever even been inside the enclosing wall much less entered the castle itself. Later when we got to know the mayor I asked if he had ever been inside--once many years before he said. The marques does maintain the castle and its important archives. He has not turned it into a carnival attraction or into a parador and that is something to be commended.
The castle broods over Vilassar especially at night. The perimeter wall around the castle grounds crowds the narrow streets. In the evenings when I walk the dog and the wind blows off the mountain rustling the almond trees and bougainvillea overhanging the castle's walls spirits seem to be about. Sometimes there is the scent of honey suckle. Bats flint about in the pools of light round the street lamps. From a certain spot on the street next to the perimeter wall the upper part of the castle is visible including a window high up on the wall. Usually the window is dark but sometimes there is a light signalling that someone is home. As we stroll past the main gate the marques' dogs bark at my dog. Some nights the sound of an owl on the castle grounds drifts through our open bedroom window. We may never see the inside of it but it is our castle in Spain.


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When Gyles Brandreth set out to find the seven secrets of happiness he started in Las Vegas and ended up in the psychiatrist's chair.
What he discovered about who gets to be happy and how, plus other useful lessons picked up along the way, from Frank Sinatra and The Queen among others, provide the essence of a unique one-man show that should make you laugh and could change your life.
Award-winning raconteur, radio 4 Just A Minute regular and One Show reporter Gyles Brandreth has recently appeared on QI, Have I Got News For You, Ten O'Clock Live, Room 101, The Matt Lucas Awards, Countdown and Desert Island Discs.
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Lowe's earnings, stock keep improvingNovember 19, 2012: 12:35 PM ET
Lowe's (LOW) impressed investors with third quarter results Monday that showed the home improvement retailer is following its own slogan to "never stop improving."
Third quarter profits jumped 76% from a year ago. Investors, in turn, pushed the stock up nearly 7% Monday. That had some traders on StockTwits excited.
elliottrexler: $LOW. Is an increase in same store sales oversees an indication of what's to come? #Lowes Beats estimates
Still it's unclear whether a good quarter for Lowe's means that housing is actually rebounding. One StockTwits trader raises the key question of whether profit improvement at Lowe's simply means that home owners are just improving homes they can't sell for what they consider fair value.
etfdigest: The spin about a housing recovery based on $HD & $LOW earnings is more about home improvement than home sales. People are stuck in houses $$
Meanwhile, as the second largest home improvement retailer, Lowe's suffers from the younger sibling complex. Traders will forever compare it to its larger rival, Home Depot (HD). Some traders thought that Lowe's didn't size up well enough.
BrianSozzi: It's still Home Depot over Lowe's, quarter from latter not as grand as early views have expressed $HD $LOW
stephanie_link: Big comp differential $LOW +1.8% vs $HD +4.2%
With Lowe's up 34% in 2012, some traders were simply willing to take profits from Lowe's robust quarter and move on.
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If Not That, Then What?
Faced with a manufacturing talent pool that's ankle-deep at best, shops must place greater emphasis on one's personality when evaluating potential new hires.
Stop the presses: Shops are finding it difficult to find skilled workers.
No kidding, right?
We face somewhat comparable challenges here at Modern Machine Shop when looking for new editors to bring on board. In general, candidates either have a wealth of manufacturing knowledge and limited writing ability, or they are strong wordsmiths who don't know much about what takes place on a shop floor. We've had successes hiring both types of editors, though, finding degreed mechanical engineers who can stitch words together nicely as well as English majors possessing a knack for readily picking up on machining technologies.
For candidates with strong writing backgrounds, we consider personality very closely. We try to identify traits that suggest the person has the motivation to learn about manufacturing and can appreciate what advanced shops are able to accomplish day-in and day-out. In particular, we try to get a sense as to whether the person not only feels there's something cool about precision machining, but possesses an inherent drive to discover more.
The situation in which we consider the writer/non-manufacturing type is one that today's machining businesses can relate to. That's because they must do the same. But what qualities should you look for in potential new hires with limited or no machining experience? Sometimes hints emerge from hearing how situations at school or previous jobs were handled. With that in mind, here are some questions to consider:
• Does machining seem neat? Find an intricate workpiece your shop has machined and put it in front of prospects. What questions do they ask about how it was created? Take them out to the shop floor to see one of your most complex machines in action. Do they marvel a bit about what that piece of equipment is able to do?
• Is there a desire to learn? It's encouraging when prospects find machining to be interesting. It's equally important, however, that they demonstrate a zeal to find out more about the processes and technologies being applied. During an interview or plant tour, do they ask the types of questions that lead you believe they are truly motivated to learn more?
• Is there evidence of creative thinking? Answers to problems that arise in a shop are not always intuitive. Can the prospects cite some clever solutions they have previously used to solve dilemmas?
• Do they have a variety of interests? Shopfloor employees who can operate multiple machines are generally more valuable than those who can't. People who have demonstrated a willingness to take on various duties at previous jobs are likely to be interested in cross-training to develop the skills to work with various pieces of equipment.
• Are they proud of their previous accomplishments? Sincere pride can be detected in people's facial expressions and body movement as they relive special achievements. Imagine how down the line they might recount the first time they turned a block of metal into a complex part.


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Radiation, ultraviolet: Invisible rays that are part of the energy that comes from the sun. Ultraviolet radiation can burn the skin and cause skin cancer.
Ultraviolet radiation is made up of three types of rays -- ultraviolet A, ultraviolet B, and ultraviolet C. Although ultraviolet C is the most dangerous type of ultraviolet light in terms of its potential to harm life on earth, it cannot penetrate earth's protective ozone layer. Therefore, it poses no threat to human, animal or plant life on earth.
Ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B, on the other hand, do penetrate the ozone layer in attenuated form and reach the surface of the planet. Because ultraviolet A is weaker than ultraviolet B, scientists long considered ultraviolet B the sole culprit in causing skin cancer in persons with a history of sunburn and repeated overexposure to ultraviolet radiation. Recent research, however, has also implicated ultraviolet A as a possible cause of skin cancer. Ultraviolet B is more likely than ultraviolet A to cause sunburn, but ultraviolet A passes further into the skin. Ultraviolet B can cause melanoma and other types of skin cancer. Ultraviolet A may add to skin damage that can lead to cancer. For this reason, skin and cancer specialists recommend that people use sunscreens that block both kinds of radiation -- ultraviolet A and B.
In addition to natural light from the sun, artificial light from tanning lamps contains ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B. Electric arc lamps can also generate ultraviolet light to heat furnaces for melting and to enable motion-picture projectors to show movies.
Though ultraviolet light can be harmful, it can also maintain health. When ultraviolet light strikes human skin, it triggers the production of vitamin D, which promotes the growth of bones.


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Marimekko brings its original lifestyle thinking to Paris Fashion Week in March
6 March 2016
Marimekko launches its fall/winter 2016 ready-to-wear collection at Paris Fashion Week on 6 March in Palais de Tokyo. The company's second presentation at Paris Fashion Week, based on the brand's lifestyle thinking, highlights Marimekko's theme for 2016: a tribute to strong women - past, present, and future.
"This collection is an ode to originality and empowered women," says Marimekko's Creative Director Anna Teurnell. "Marimekko is about appreciating imperfection and personality - being true to oneself. We design products for the everyday lives of real women, to inspire them to dress for themselves and live their lives as they choose. The collection features surprising juxtapositions, asymmetric silhouettes, innovative ideas for a fall and winter wardrobe and Marimekko's trademark prints and interesting colour combinations."
The presentation demonstrates Marimekko's distinctive design approach
In its presentation at Paris Fashion Week, Marimekko tears down walls between fashion and design by incorporating elements from its home collection in the space, conveying the timeless aesthetic Marimekko builds from the interplay of these two worlds. Marimekko is one of the first true lifestyle brands in the world, founded in 1951 to bring joy to everyday moments.
"At Marimekko fashion and design have always been closely connected and approached from a lifestyle perspective. I think this approach is increasingly topical in today's world. We are proud of our heritage and the fact that Marimekko has played a significant part in the formation of Finnish design thinking, renowned for its inclusivity and functionality," says Anna Teurnell.
By presenting at Paris Fashion Week, Marimekko continues to build further international recognition among fashion and design influencers and strengthen its distribution presence and online business position in Europe.
"The presentation at Paris Fashion Week is one important element supporting our internationalisation strategy. After our successful first introduction in Paris last October, we find it essential to continue presenting our point of view on fashion and design at one of the most important fashion events in the world. Paris Fashion Week is a great platform to reach both top international media as well as potential retailers, such as premium department stores, multibrand stores, and e-tailers, in our key market areas Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific region," says Marimekko's President Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko.


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The Central Connecticut softball team has been selected to repeat as Northeast Conference Champions this season in the 2014 NEC Preseason Coaches Poll, the league announced Wednesday. CCSU tallied five first-place votes in the poll.
The Blue Devils, who return eight starters from last year's championship squad, turned in the best season in program history in 2013, posting a new single-season win record (36), and reaching several program milestones including the first NEC Championship, first NCAA Tournament appearance and first NCAA Tournament game win.
Returning to the pitcher's circle for Central is junior and NEC Tournament MVP Laura Messina. Messina, who was also named to the All-NEC First Team and All-ECAC All-Star Second Team, posted a 1.87 ERA last season. She logged a conference-high 254.0 innings while posting an NEC-high 28 wins. Messina was also named to the NEC All-Tournament team and tallied a CCSU single-season record of 246 strikeouts, leading the NEC in the category.
2013 NEC Player of the Year Kat Malcolm also returns to the CCSU squad. The junior registered a league-best .420 batting average and also led the NEC in runs scored (50) and hits (74). She also finished third in the conference in RBI (40). In NEC play, Malcolm hit .451 and posted a .761 slugging percentage.
Malcolm was also tabbed the NEC Most Improved Player in 2013 in addition to being named Capital One Academic All-District, All-NEC First Team, NEC All-Tournament, NFCA DI All-Region and ECAC All-Star Second Team.
In addition to Messina and Malcolm, CCSU returns four more All-NEC selections including seniors Arielle Bruno and Tessa Brown as well as sophomores Evie Rentzel and Brittany Ernst. Bruno and Rentzel were also named to the NCAA All-Regional team after their performance in the tournament, including in the Blue Devils' 9-1 defeat of Northwestern State at the NCAA Tournament in Baton Rouge, LA. The win marked the NEC's first NCAA regional win since 2010.
Rentzel registered the second-highest batting average (.376) on the team as a freshman. She belted eight doubles, three triples and five home runs on the season.
Bruno, who was also named to the ECAC All-Star Second Team, racked up 56 hits, 11 doubles, one triple and tied the CCSU single-season record for home runs in a single season (10).
Following the Blue Devils on the NEC Preseason Poll is LIU Brooklyn. The Blackbirds, who faced CCSU in the 2013 NEC Championship game, earned four first-place votes. Robert Morris, who shared the NEC Regular Season Championship with Central and hosted the 2013 NEC Championships, ranked third in the poll. Bryant and Fairleigh Dickinson rounded out the top five.
The Blue Devils are set to open their season on Friday, February 28 at the USF Under Armour Invitational in Clearwater, FL. CCSU is scheduled to play a double-header, starting with Campbell at 2:15 p.m., followed by Georgia State at 4:30 p.m.
2014 Northeast Conference Softball Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Central Connecticut (5)
2. LIU Brooklyn (4)
3. Robert Morris
4. Bryant
5. Fairleigh Dickinson
6. Sacred Heart
7. Saint Francis U
8. Mount St. Mary's
9. Wagner
First place votes in parentheses